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Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:20:43 +0000http://thebookplace.org/?p=16704Continue reading →]]>BiblioBoard is comprised of two key components. The first is a vast database of more than 4.5 million pieces of content – documents, letters, maps, audio, video, etc. – organized into easy-to-search categories, called anthologies, accessible on all major tablet devices. Biblioboard listed more than 400 anthologies by the end of 2013 in literature, history, philosophy, religion, science, nature, Native American studies, women’s studies, music, sports, drama, games, crafts, cooking, and children’s literature. Each anthology is carefully chosen by its curators and includes e-books, streaming videos, audio, art, and articles.

BiblioLabs determined that over the past two decades, innovations in the use of technology to enhance the user experience – embraced by media- and customer-savvy companies but less so by libraries – was largely responsible for the gap. As an example, the company cites the growing use of mobile devices such as tablets to access information. The problem for libraries is the perception among library vendors that libraries are slow – and feel little urgency – to adopt innovative practices for their users. BiblioLabs believes this user experience gap represents the greatest competition – and threat – to the role of libraries in the future.

The second component is the BiblioBoard Creator publishing tool, which allows libraries that purchase BiblioBoard to add their own digital special collections in the same sophisticated multi-media environment. Using the Creator tool, libraries can easily upload photos, letters, newspaper clippings and other items residing in the public domain or with cleared rights to tell a story that can be shared within their communities or around the world.

About BiblioLabs:

BiblioLabs is a leader in Open Education Resource (OER) and OA content creation, curation and distribution software to academic institutions. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, their BiblioBoard platform aims to transform student and researcher access to information by delivering a simple, intuitive and modern user experience and delivering the best OER and OA content creation tools. They work with public and academic institutions of all sizes to democratize access to information and lower costs for students.

• Over 500 courses, both self-paced
and instructor-led.
• Can be enrolled in up to 5 classes
at a time.
• 24/7 access to courses through
the library’s website.
• Certified instructors available to answer your questions and assess your performance.
• Opportunities to connect with other students for an authentic classroom experience.
• Accredited as an authorized provider by the International Association for Continuing Education Training (IACET), offering continuing education units on all qualifying courses. http://boydky.universalclass.com/register.htm

I am writing to express my disappointment with your unwillingness to sell or license eBooks to public libraries. By refusing to work with public libraries, you are denying library users equal access to books. I do not believe a publishing company should restrict access to information through the public library based solely on a book’s format.

The AtoZ Business Database of 30 million U.S. businesses is multi-sourced to ensure maximum coverage. Our business database is compiled from data sources’ including new telephone connects, Secretary of State Filings, national directory assistance data, annual reports, SEC filings, corporate registers, public records, thousands of yellow and white page directories and specialty business directories.

The AtoZ Residential Database of 215 million U.S. residents is multi-sourced to ensure maximum coverage. Our residential database is compiled from data sources including thousands of white pages, national directory assistance data, real estate deed and tax information, voter registration data, mail order data, warranty cards, and many other sources.

Open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL) is dedicated to supplying all Kentuckians with a comprehensive and dynamic collection of information resources. The databases supplied through KYVL are paid for by collaborative efforts of state, public, academic and school libraries. To access KYVL, visit one of the Library’s branches – OR *contact the Reference librarians for a password (cardholder status must be verified to receive current username and password).

The mission of KYVL is to provide all Kentuckians with equitable access to library resources and to a common foundation of quality online information for lifelong learning, working and living.

The Kentuckiana Digital Library is your gateway to rare and unique digitized collections housed in Kentucky archives. These digital collections are built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning.

Amazing Animals of the WorldAmazing Animals of the World is published by Scholastic Library Publishing, Inc. It is based on the print series of the same title. Amazing Animals was engineered by Grolier Interactive. It supports Netscape 4.5 and above and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.

New Book of KnowledgeThe New Book of Knowledge is published by Scholastic Inc. from The New Book of Knowledge database, a 7-million-word repository of text and images maintained by the encyclopedia’s editorial staff. NBK was engineered by Grolier Interactive. It supports Netscape 4.5 and above and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (Middle – High School)The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is published by Grolier Online, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc. The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is derived from the Academic American Encyclopedia database, an 11-million-word repository of text and images maintained by the encyclopedia’s editorial and technical staff.

Alt-PressWatch – This database provides full-text articles for over 210 publications of the alternative and independent presses, from 1970 to current.

Proquest Career and Technical Eduation – ProQuest Career & Technical Education is the definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic.

Supporting high school curricula and university coursework, Science in Context features authoritative information for assignments and projects, and provides detailed coverage of popular subjects.From earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history and biography, this revolutionary, this curriculum-oriented online experience is designed to boost achievement for students and researchers.

Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more.

Answers await everyone—whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 7,000 available databases. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.

And, with ongoing updates and new content always being added, you’ll keep coming back to discover more. Popular and recently added collections include:

U.S. collections deliver hundreds of millions of names from sources such as federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and marriage records including the Social Security Death Index; and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean ship records.

Canadian collections provide nearly 60 million records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec.

Other international collections continue to grow with more than 46 million records from German census, vital records, emigration indexes, ship lists, phone directories, and more; Chinese surnames in the large and growing Jiapu Collection of Chinese lineage books; Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia; and more.

Military collections deliver over 150 million records containing information often not found elsewhere; and includes records from the colonial to the Vietnam era.

Multimedia collections deliver millions of files ranging from family and gravestone photos to postcards and newsreels.

Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections. This comprehensive resource offers tens of millions of current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide in a single, fully searchable online database. It includes the complete electronic editions of more than 1,890 U.S. news sources and news video clips.

Ability to search a single newspaper, a select group of titles or the entire collection

NoveList, a readers’ advisory service, not only provides access to information on 155,000 fiction titles, but it will provide you with similar authors to those you already love (read alikes), reviews, reading level appropriateness and so much more!

NoveList® Plus includes:

An easy to use, intuitive interface with a single search bar that makes finding books and other content quick and simple.

Coverage of over 9,000 fiction and nonfiction series, making it one of the most comprehensive treatments of series available.